Entry:

Ivie, Rachel L.; Gimbel, Cynthia; and Elder, Glen H. Jr., "Military Experience and Attitudes in Later Life: Contextual Influences Across Forty Years," Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 19 (Summer, 1991), 101-117.


Abstract:

Support for military preparedness is highest among males, veterans or veterans' spouses, and parents of military personnel.

GSS Years:

1982-1984

Other Data Sets:

1985 follow-up survey of the Berkeley Guidance and Growth Studies and the Oakland Growth Study.

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

OBMEPAX

OBLIGATION--PEACETIME MIL SERVICE-MEN

OBFEPAX

OBLIGATION--PEACETIME MIL SERVICE-FEMALE

VETYEARS

YEARS IN ARMED FORCES

MILQUAL

QUALITY OF PERSONS IN MILITARY

DRAFT

RETURN TO THE DRAFT?

NATARMS

"MILITARY

CONARMY

CONFIDENCE IN MILITARY